“Plucked Peking Ducks”. The Germans were devastated by the result of their jumpers at the Olympic Games

. The Olympic gold was won (Japan), the silver was won by Manuel Fettner (Austria), and the score was The representatives of Germany failed. The best of them turned out to be Constantin Schmid, who finished the competition in 11th place. The sensation is that Karl Geiger, the leader of the overall World Cup, was only 15th. And Markus Eisenbichler, sixth in the “general classification”, was not even promoted to the final series. The German media and the representatives themselves experienced the Sunday competition a lot.

– We watched the disappointed faces of the German jumpers, because our quartet did not manage to win the medal they were waiting for. The medal is particularly missing from Geiger, who was to be one of the favorites. But he and Eisenbichler were unlucky with the conditions in the first round. Besides, not only Germany. For Halvor Egner Granerud and Marius Lindvik from Norway, the dream of a medal was over after one jump. The consolation is that we already have a chance for a better result on Monday. Mixed teams competition is a chance for a medal for us. The Germans won this competition four times in a row at the world championship – we read in “Kicker”. Eisenbichler is also cited in this article.

– I will take the 31st place, but to be honest it does not matter much to me. I assume that I will either win a medal or it does not matter whether I am fourth, fifth or 25th. Now I try to keep calm, said the German jumper.

On the other hand, the portal www.sport.de quotes Geiger. – I don’t know what the problem is. This is the most bitter moment of this season. I guess we just don’t get the rhythm right. The motivation was right. I put all my eggs in one basket and hoped it would work. At the world championships, I put everything on one page and it worked – said Geiger, holder of five world championship gold medals, counting team competitions and competitions on the mammoth hill.

What’s with the eggs and the basket? It’s a proverb about not concentrating all your efforts on one issue, because then everything might be lost. The website www.sport.de colorfully describes the German staff, which was supposed to be “proud eagles”, and looked like “plucked Pekisk ducks”.

What did Stefan Horngacher have to say?

The former coach of Poles, and the current coach of the Germans, admits that at first he was of good cheer. – The jump in Beijing resembles ultra modern UFO. But I must admit that the first impression was really positive. Every German jumper was happy to be able to jump here. (…) The conclusion after the competition is not positive, because we did not fight for a medal. It was an unpredictable competition. We needed a miracle after the first round – says coach Stefan Horngacher.